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International fact-finding mission in Comval pushes through amid military psy-war
Bulatlat
“It is among the mission's objectives to document these cases to show the magnitude of rights abuses under martial law,” said Casilao. The International Fact-Finding and Solidarity Mission (IFFSM) is led by farmers' groups and rights advocates, in ...

Asia Pacific Report
Philippine soldiers harass mission probing rights abuses in Mindanao
Asia Pacific Report
Former congressmen Satur Ocampo and Fernando Hicap, and incumbent representatives of the Makabayan bloc, are among the delegates of the International Fact-Finding Mission to Defend Filipino Peasants' Land and Human Rights Against Militarism and Plunder ...

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Davao Today
International fact-finding mission in Comval pushes through amid military psy-war
Davao Today
“It is among the mission's objectives to document these cases to show the magnitude of rights abuses under martial law,” said Casilao. The International Fact-Finding and Solidarity Mission (IFFSM) is led by farmers' groups and rights advocates, in ...

Soldiers harass mission probing rights abuses in Mindanao
Bulatlat
Former congressmen Satur Ocampo and Fernando Hicap, and incumbent representatives of the Makabayan bloc, are among the delegates of the International Fact-Finding Mission to Defend Filipino Peasants' Land and Human Rights Against Militarism and Plunder ...

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The Ecologist
Campaigners accuse farming lobby of misleading public over pesticides
The Ecologist
These organisations frequently claim that the amount of pesticides used in the UK has halved since 1990 when defending pesticide use, Pesticide Action Network UK (PAN UK) has claimed. But the statistic is meaningless, since it refers to the weight of ...

RT
Judge allows 6 Arkansas farmers to use controversial Monsanto herbicide despite state ban
RT
Damage was reported in 20 states and affected 3.5 million acres of crops, according to Pesticide Action Network. Farmers submitted more than 2,700 reports to state agricultural agencies, claiming dicamba spraying destroyed 3.6 million acres of soybeans ...

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Civil Eats
Rep. Steve King Wants to Undo State Laws Protecting Animals and the Environment
Civil Eats
Missouri farmer Wes Shoemyer felt a huge relief last October when his state passed legislation restricting the application of the weed killer dicamba, which has a tendency to vaporize and drift, harming plants not genetically modified to resist it ...